Horseshoe-pad.



PATENTED MAR. 31, 1903.

J. M00. LORD.

' HORSESHOE PAD.

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JOHN MOO. LORD, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HORSESHOE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of LbtrS Patent N 0. 723,889, dated March 31,1903.

Application filed September 23, 1901. Serial No. 76,212 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MCC. LORD, a cit-izen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and Stateof Missouri,have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Horseshoe-Pads,ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horseshoe-pads and my object is toprovide acushion composed, preferably, of cork or similar resilient materialwhich I interpose between the hoof and shoe to prevent concussion andits consequent damage to a horse when traveling over a hard road, thusconducing to his comfort, general health, and usefulness. My preferencefor cork to rubber or similar material is because not only of itsimperviousness to water and extreme lightness, but of its non-conductingqualities, which render it possible for a horse to speed over a hardroad without injury to the hoof from the heating of the shoe caused byits rapid pounding against the surface of the road. Another advantageobtained by interposing a pad between the hoof and shoe is that itremoves all irritation resulting from the contact of the shoe with thehoof, and if the latter be sore and tender it will have a healing efiectthereon.

The invention may be said to consist of a core composed of cork orsimilar material, bound by a retaining-strip and inclosed-inaprotecting-covering to prevent its spreading or disintegrating when inuse.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a planview of the core, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View of thecomplete pad with part of the outer covering removed to show theposition of the core. Fig. 3 shows the pad in position between the hoofand the shoe.

Referring tothe drawings by numbers, 1 incore by stitching 3, a part ofwhich extends transversely through the core and assists the retainingstrip in holding the core in its proper shape.

After the retaining-strip has been sewed to the core the latter forfurther protection is inclosed in a covering 4:, consisting of twostrips 5 5, preferably composed of leather and of the same shape as thecore, only somewhat larger, to provide overlapping edges 7 .8, firmlysecured together by continuous stitching 9. For light work the outercovering may be dispensed with, as the retaining-strip will besufficient to hold the core in its proper shape. The completed pad isnow ready for use and may be put on by the blacksmith when he shoes thehoofs of the horse.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A horseshoe-pad, composed of cork, and a retaining-strip sewed to thevertical walls thereof, substantially as described.

2. A horseshoe-pad, consisting of a suitable core, a retaining-stripsewed to the vertical walls thereof, and a covering to receive the core,substantially as described, h

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOI-IN' MOO. LORD.

Witnesses:

H. O. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

